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Potvin has not said what @kEiThZ attributes to him... And if you ask Mr. Potvin, his only defence is to suggest that rural areas should have the same access to transit as urban areas. Taking over the current Trillium corridor or hampering its operation which will limit frequencies for Ottawa...

Done... [I have decided to remove this post. I received feedback that the issue has been discussed by the parties involved, which was my objective. There's no need to leave it on this blog as a permanent record. Should anyone wish to know the details, please contact me directly.] This case...

As this blog is GTA-based I'll share here a report on what transpired this morning at the Appleby GO station in Burlington. I write this from a VIA train on my way back to Ottawa from a conference in Toronto. [I have decided to remove this post. I received feedback that the issue has been...

No, but meetings with investors are ongoing. They best part is, they're calling us. Unfortunately many people have the impression watching programs like Dragon's Den that raising capital is similar to what's portrayed on that show, a sort of one-off sales pitch followed by quick bets. In...

MOOSE also is planning for incremental system electrification -- earlier than Ottawa's talking about it. If you're also asking whether the taxpayers and visitor of Ottawa are better served by a transit system that balances whole-region and local interests, or one the serves local interest only...

Follow-up Y/N questions: 1. Was it a correct and forward-thinking decision at the time for Ottawa and Hull to dismantle their electric street railway systems? 2. Was it a correct and forward-thinking decision for Gatineau to replace the double-track through its territory with Rapibus and single...

We met with the Mayor of Gatineau a year ago. He's been consistent for years that he wants Gatineau to be more connected to the region. The method is optional. I didn't know Moose had a slate of candidates! All we hope is that we live in a rules-based democratic system. Joseph Potvin...

@Charles, Thanks for your reply. Can you now please explain in what way you think the public interest at the NCR-level is served by a Rails-TO-Trails decision by the Municipality of Chelsea, which forecloses a Rails-WITH-Trails approach? We all agree that a trail of some sort is desirable...

@Charles, You're making that statement in relation to dismantling the approach track to the Prince of Wales Bridge, the sole railway connection between the Ontario and Quebec sides of the National Capital Region? Joseph Potvin Director General | Directeur général Moose Consortium (Mobility...

@Allandale25, Gotta wait. In the meantime, you might try your hand at explaining on this list your ideas about how dismantling the railway through Chelsea, and dismantling the approach track to the Prince of Wales Bridge are forward-thinking actions inspired by Section 5 of the Canada...

@Allandale25, The Agency's decision ( https://otc-cta.gc.ca/eng/ruling/95-r-2017 ) dismisses the request to reverse the discontinuance order due to insufficient information. Look at each of the points in their "Analysis and Determinations" section. Basically, they told us exactly what...

For this particular corridor, we plan to review and extend the 2002 Rails-WITH-Trails preliminary design of the Municipality of Chelsea under a mayor and council quite different than the group that are in place presently. (At that time, I was invited by municipal staff to co-author the terms of...

Media Release: Morrison’s Quarry Owner Envisions MOOSE Railway Terminus Moose Consortium Inc. (Mobilité Outaouais-Ottawa: Systèmes & Enterprises) has exchanged letters of intent with the President of Morrison’s Quarry, relating to development of a prominent 200-acre property spanning the border...

As far as we can determine, the MOOSE proposal the only one of its kind in the world right now. (We'll be delighted if anyone can prove us wrong on that.) However there are other private sector metropolitan passenger railways. Joseph Potvin Director General | Directeur général Moose Consortium...

It's too early. When MOOSE was on a panel with former Metrolinx CCO Jack Collins at the 2015 CUTA Fall Conference, we publicly discussed potential applicability of the PPR model for extending GO service to locations significantly outside Metrolinx's primary geographical mandate, such as...

@steveintoronto, That's not really our style. Having anticipated this scenario, Moose Consortium's original application to the Canadian Transportation Agency on 29 June 2016 was submitted simultaneously with the initiation of our formal communications with Canada's Competition Bureau. Moose's...

MOOSE received several media enquires in recent days about the 8 September letter from the City Solicitor to the Agency, and the memo from the GM of Transportation to the Mayor and Council, so we adapted our written replies into a posting on our media page: https://www.letsgomoose.ca/media/...

"and following" Too much to repeat here. Joseph

@kEiThZ, Interesting that you put it that way. If you mean that as a taxpayer, you hope the City is permitted to dismantle federally regulated public infrastructure without federal authorization, I hope you'll explain your rationale. Especially since that infrastructure is the only remaining...

... and then the City failed to comply with that order within the 90 days. See paragraphs 2 and following in... https://www.letsgomoose.ca/wp-content/uploads/CTA_EnforcementOfDecision-210-R-2012_Prince_of_Wales_Bridge_25oct2012dPDF.pdf Then they compounded the problem again and again in diverse...